Wally Edwards & His Orchestra-You'll Never Know, Sweetheart

Although the sound of this band rather reminds me of a Kirkeby outfit, Wally Edwards appears to be classified under the long list of pseudonyms used by the well established California Ramblers who were a popular and prolific jazz group from the 1920s, that recorded hundreds of songs under many different record labels throughout the 1920s. Three of the members of the band, Red Nichols, Jimmy Dorsey, and Tommy Dorsey, would go on to front big bands in later decades. The original bandmembers were from Ohio, but chose the name California Ramblers because they thought people would be less inclined to listen to a jazz band from the Midwest. They recorded for nearly every independent label in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., using over 100 unique aliases. This wonderful record was made in 1930. Vocal by uncredited band members, among whom the lead singer seems to be Elmer Feldkamp.